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    <title>Cultural Notes By Joelle Petit Adkins</title>
    
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    <updated>2009-10-29T12:31:51-07:00</updated>
    
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        <title>Internationa Digital Library</title>
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        <published>2009-10-29T12:31:51-07:00</published>
        <updated>2009-10-29T12:31:51-07:00</updated>
        <summary>ICDL (International Children's Digital Library) (http://en.childrenslibrary.org/) is a site that offers children's books from all over the world in various languages that have been scanned and can be looked at and read online. The books can be searched by age,...</summary>
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            <name>Joelle Petit Adkins</name>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><font color="black" face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">ICDL (<strong><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256836219_0" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;">International Children's Digital 
Library</span></span></strong>) (<a href="http://en.childrenslibrary.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://en.childrenslibrary.org/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1256836219_1" title="http://en.childrenslibrary.org/">http://en.childrenslibrary.org/</span></a>) 
is a site that offers children's books from all over the world in various 
languages that have been scanned and can be looked at and read online.  The 
books can be searched by age, awards, length, language, genre or cover color 
among other ways. The books can be read by clicking to move through the pages. 
If the print is too small to read, just click the text, and it enlarges. The 
site also offers information about the books including author, publisher, 
publishing date and occasionally other information.<br /></span></font></div>
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        <title>Foreign language prep for Middle and High School students</title>
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        <published>2009-08-11T11:31:56-07:00</published>
        <updated>2009-08-11T11:31:56-07:00</updated>
        <summary>Middle and High school Foreign Language Preparation Too many young students struggle and fail in their first or second year of learning a foreign language. Why and what to do? This article will answer your questions. Teen and pre-teen foreign...</summary>
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            <name>Joelle Petit Adkins</name>
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&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Middle and High school Foreign Language Preparation&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;table align="center" width="90%"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Too many young students struggle and fail in
their first or second year of learning a foreign language. Why and what
to do? This article will answer your questions.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;

&lt;div class="content"&gt;&amp;#0160;&lt;br /&gt;Teen and pre-teen foreign language preparation classes&amp;#0160;&lt;wbr /&gt; &amp;#0160;&amp;#0160;&lt;wbr /&gt; &amp;#0160;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;Do you have an 11 to 15 years old child? Then read on… Otherwise, pass this article to someone who has a Teen.
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;Next September or in a year or two, your child will be starting or
continuing a second language. Most likely Spanish, French or Chinese…
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;Everything will be great the first 2 or 3 months. Your child,
equipped with a amazing memory will succeed in taking quiz and tests,
ease through his homework (often a simple worksheet) and life will be
simple in the foreign language department.
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;Then comes the second quarter… this wonderful and amazing memory
that helped your child through the first months will now be playing
tricks on him and his tests will start to be less and less shinning… He
is still doing his homework (the famous worksheet), he is still
remembering what the teacher said in class… but what is happening now?
Oh no! he doesn’t remember this word, or that one… and how do you
correctly spell this verb? Can’t remember… anymore. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;You see, because of his amazing memory, and because no one taught
him how to study a foreign language, you child really never anchored
the vocabulary, never really memorized (in a long term memory way) the
rules that would help him now and later with his verbs… he did his
worksheets nicely and on time, but never really “learned” the language.
Like a house would crumble without foundations, your child is slowly
failing his foreign language class. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;This is when you and him look for a rescue plan…
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;Every year, dozens of your teen have to squeeze 2 or more hours of
foreign language for several weeks of tutoring to avoid a low grade (in
the best cases). We all work hard to bring back the missing links, it
takes a lot of time, dedication and money.
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;This is definitely a way to do it…
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;However there are much better ways.
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;Based on our experience with the middle and high school students
who come to us every year with the hope we will help them to regain
some momentum we designed a one-week camp addressing most of the hidden
challenges. Students who took the course in the previous years have
enjoyed a trouble free, high grade and peace of mind the following
year.
&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#0160; &amp;#0160;
&lt;br /&gt;Don’t wait until your child is failing:
&lt;br /&gt;•&amp;#0160; &amp;#0160;It will affect his grades
&lt;br /&gt;•&amp;#0160; &amp;#0160;It will damage his self-esteem
&lt;br /&gt;•&amp;#0160; &amp;#0160;The task will be much more stressful
&lt;br /&gt;•&amp;#0160; &amp;#0160;It will be costly 
&lt;br /&gt;•&amp;#0160; &amp;#0160;It will take a great deal of time and commitment from his part,
but who is going to drive him to us? You will be also seriously
impacted…
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;Get prepared now! Check our Teen I and Teen II camps:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.savoirfaire-california.com" target="_blank"&gt;www.savoirfaire-california.com&amp;#0160;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#0160;&amp;#0160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 11, 2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR" style="color: navy;"&gt;Chief
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reach and in your neighborhood&amp;quot; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;"&gt;Since 1995&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        <title>Hughes Aufray in Los Angeles</title>
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        <published>2009-08-11T10:38:12-07:00</published>
        <updated>2009-08-11T10:38:12-07:00</updated>
        <summary>This announcement is provided by: Savoir Faire Language Institute Foreign language within your reach and in your neighborhood THE MUSIC CENTER IS PROUD TO PRESENT FRENCH MUSIC LEGEND HUGUES AUFRAY ONE NIGHT ONLY - Friday, August 21, 2009 - 8:00...</summary>
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            <name>Joelle Petit Adkins</name>
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 &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Georgia; color: black;"&gt;THE MUSIC CENTER IS PROUD TO PRESENT
 FRENCH MUSIC LEGEND HUGUES AUFRAY &lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"&gt;ONE NIGHT ONLY -
 Friday, August 21, 2009 - 8:00 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;img align="right" alt="Carnival of the animals" border="0" height="191" hspace="5" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.98" src="http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs076/1102224429793/img/98.jpg?a=1102664870627" v:shapes="_x0000_s1026" vspace="5" width="128" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"&gt;With a long and illustrious career
 spanning five decades, this modern day troubadour&amp;#39;s music has become
 engrained in international popular culture. In 1965, Hugues released his
 best-known Dylan cover, &amp;quot;Aufray Chante Dylan&amp;quot;. In 1995, he released
 his second Dylan cover &amp;quot;Aufray Trans Dylan&amp;quot;. For over forty years,
 Hugues&amp;#39; songs &amp;quot;Santiano,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Celine,&amp;quot; and
 &amp;quot;Stewball&amp;quot; have been sung by both children and adults alike, proof
 that his music conquers the hearts of a very diverse audience. Having toured
 all over Europe, Canada, and Hong Kong, the French music icon is now making
 his grand debut here at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 &lt;strong&gt;Location:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102664870627&amp;amp;s=18&amp;amp;e=001uhwXHmNKDROUWNKGwmWs2krFB4GcaMoE7RmzbzOylVEMYC05ksrdTLOIb9eoZdefnQ2R3uwABIrJq4QMp-a19-Qt_00DJ07HuqesX2Jxbno=" linktype="link" target="_blank" track="on"&gt;Walt Disney Concert Hall&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 111 South Grand Ave.&lt;br /&gt;
 Los Angeles, CA 90012&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;strong&gt;Ticket Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 Front Orchestra: $90&lt;br /&gt;
 Orchestra: $70&lt;br /&gt;
 Orchestra East/West: $55&lt;br /&gt;
 Terrace and Terrace East/West: $45&lt;br /&gt;
 Balcony, and Orchestra View/Terrace View: (behind stage) $35&lt;br /&gt;
 Visit &lt;a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102664870627&amp;amp;s=18&amp;amp;e=001uhwXHmNKDRN_a-6mMJjnRHMOfKzT-LAak84wXsaiB4cHedUdnxz5Pu7yA1tel5fZ7SiwpvzR-LE3x0y7jwS3I9dS4sBwQHmAc4VyOSdzQVUnJDs9UJAnbA==" linktype="link" target="_blank" track="on"&gt;Ticketmaster.com&lt;/a&gt;, the WDCH Box
 Office or call 213-365-3500 (English).&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 STUDENT/SENIOR SPECIAL OFFER:&lt;br /&gt;
 50% discount for pair of tickets in Terrace East and Terrace West sections &lt;br /&gt;
 only. Proper ID required at time of purchase. One pair of tickets per ID,
 limited tickets available. Can only be purchased at WDCH box office. Offer
 does not apply to single tickets.&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 GROUP TICKETS AVAILABLE:&lt;br /&gt;
 20% off all sections for groups of 15 or more. &lt;br /&gt;
 E-mail globalpop@musiccenter.org &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        <title>Mommy and Me in French and Spanish Free in May!</title>
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        <published>2009-04-28T10:23:42-07:00</published>
        <updated>2009-04-28T10:23:42-07:00</updated>
        <summary>Savoir Faire Language Institute Foreign language within your reach and in your neighborhood Mommy &amp; Me free in May! SPANISH &amp; FRENCH start week of May 4th 2009 (Mandarin coming soon) Savoir Faire’s Mommy &amp; Me class designed for children...</summary>
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            <name>Joelle Petit Adkins</name>
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&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;h1 style="text-align: center; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://savoirfaire-california.com/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #6a7da7;" target="_blank"&gt;Savoir Faire Language Institute&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h1 style="text-align: center; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.8em;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Foreign language within your reach and in your &lt;em&gt;neighborhood&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 36pt; font-family: Arial; color: #33ccff; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mommy &amp;amp; Me &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 60pt; font-family: Arial; color: #ff6600; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 60pt; font-family: Arial; color: #ff6600; font-weight: bold;"&gt;free&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 48pt; font-family: Arial; color: #33ccff; font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 36pt; font-family: Arial; color: #33ccff; font-weight: bold;"&gt;in May!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"&gt;SPANISH &amp;amp; FRENCH&lt;span&gt;&amp;#0160; &lt;/span&gt;start week of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"&gt;May 4th 2009 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"&gt;(Mandarin coming soon)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Savoir Faire’s Mommy &amp;amp; Me class designed for children ages 20-30 months. Children attend one or two 45 minute classes. Activities are tailored to this age group, using familiar songs, books, and toys to create a fun, natural learning environment. Little ones learn language best when engaged in meaningful play. Our Mommy &amp;amp; Me is taught by trained and caring teachers who bring love and language during this critical developmental&amp;#0160;period. Mom gets some material to practice at home for each class.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;#0160;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Learning a second language early in life primes a child’s mind and develops its intellectual potential.&amp;#0160; The first three years are when the mind is open and absorbing more than at any other time.&amp;#0160; The right brain, or image brain, is still in charge, and takes in everything around it.&amp;#0160; It’s best to set up as many positive learning experiences as possible in that time, to keep the child in tune with the joy of learning for later in life.&amp;#0160; By six or seven, the left brain is beginning to assert itself, bringing with it judgment, and the ability to decide what it does and does not want to learn.&lt;span&gt;&amp;#0160; &lt;/span&gt;So start now!&lt;span&gt;&amp;#0160; &lt;/span&gt;The earlier the better.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: #33ccff; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;#0160;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9px; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 28pt; color: #33ccff; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Some of our Mommy &amp;amp; Me teachers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 48pt; font-family: Arial; color: #33ccff; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 6pt; font-family: Arial; color: #33ccff; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;#0160;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: #33ccff;"&gt;►&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"&gt;SPANISH TEACHER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"&gt; … meet Ana!&lt;span&gt;&amp;#0160; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Ana Maza was born and raised in a town outside Mexico City. She attended the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Universidad Tecnologica de Mexico&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; where she earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing. Before joining Savoir Faire in December 2001, Ana spent time tutoring disadvantaged youth in reading and writing in Spanish.&lt;span&gt;&amp;#0160; &lt;/span&gt;Ana has a degree in Early Childhood Development and is a credentialed teacher.&lt;span&gt;&amp;#0160; &lt;/span&gt;She excels at working with children and is responsible for our immersion preschool program.&amp;#0160; Ana is a great people person and “loves the interaction with students”.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&amp;#0160;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&amp;#0160;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: #33ccff;"&gt;►&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"&gt;FRENCH TEACHER &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"&gt;… meet Rolla!&lt;span&gt;&amp;#0160; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Rolla has a Bachelor in Educational Psychology and a Teaching Credential.&lt;span&gt;&amp;#0160; &lt;/span&gt;She started teaching French as a second language in the early 80’s and was working for the same institution for 20 years until she moved to the&amp;#0160;US&amp;#0160;in August 08, to allow her son to study at an&amp;#0160;American&amp;#0160;University.&lt;span&gt;&amp;#0160; &lt;/span&gt;She is from&amp;#0160;Lebanon, educated in a&amp;#0160;French&amp;#0160;University. Her French is completely native, and her accent is French native. Her skills as a language teacher are deep and well practiced. Since she started with us, she has always been very prepared and loved by her students.&lt;span&gt;&amp;#0160; &lt;/span&gt;She is extremely patient and attentive to the needs of her students. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: navy;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;#0160;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;




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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"&gt;310.378.1086&lt;span&gt;&amp;#0160; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;

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    <entry>
        <title>Las Mujeres De Juárez</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-65424055</id>
        <published>2009-04-13T16:07:17-07:00</published>
        <updated>2009-04-13T16:07:17-07:00</updated>
        <summary>Savoir Faire Language Institute Foreign language within your reach and in your neighborhood The Women Of Juarez/Las Mujeres De Juárez This amazing show returns to the Frida Kahlo Theatre. The Women Of Juarez/Las Mujeres De Juárez Friday, April 10, 2009...</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Joelle Petit Adkins</name>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; line-height: normal;"><h1 style="text-align: center; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://savoirfaire-california.com/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #6a7da7;" target="_blank">Savoir Faire Language Institute</a></h1><h1 style="text-align: center; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><sub><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><em>Foreign language within your reach and in your <em>neighborhood</em></em></span></sub></h1></span></p><p style="text-align: center; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Women Of Juarez/Las Mujeres De Juárez</strong></span></p><p style="text-align: center;">This 
amazing show returns to the Frida Kahlo Theatre. </p><p>The Women Of Juarez/Las Mujeres De Juárez<br />Friday, April 10, 2009 
to Sunday, May 17, 2009 8:00PM to 8:00PM </p><p>The Women Of Juarez/Las 
Mujeres De Juárez <br />returns by popular demand five years and over 300 
performances </p><p>Ingrid Marquez stars in Rubén Amavizca-Murúa The Women Of 
Juarez/Las Mujeres De Juárez is the story of a mother searching for her missing 
daughter only to discover an intricate web of misogyny, police and political 
corruption. The case of The Women Of Juarez begins in 1993. Since then, over 600 
women have been reported missing and the bodies of more than 400 murdered 
victims have been found. Most of the victims are dark-skinned young factory 
workers. </p><p>THE WOMEN OF JUAREZ/LAS MUJERES DE JUÁREZ will be performed at 
the FRIDA KAHLO Theater, 2332 West Fourth Street, Los Angeles, 90057, Fridays, 
Saturdays at 8 PM, and Sundays at 6 PM:</p><p>In Spanish: April 10, 11, 12, 17, 
18, 19, 24, 25, 26, and May 10<br />In English: May 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 15, 16, 
17.</p><p>Tickets prices are $15 general; $13 for groups of 10 or more. 
<br />Special $12 tickets for our performances on May 10. </p><p><br />Where 
FRIDA KAHLO Theater<br />2332 West Fourth Street<br />Los Angeles, CA 90057 
</p><p>Admission Ages: 12 and above<br />Price: $15 general;<br />Discount: $12 on 
May 10th</p><p>Contact 213-382-8133<br /><a href="http://www.fridakahlotheater.org/" target="_blank" title="blocked::http://www.fridakahlotheater.org/">http://www.fridakahlotheater.org/</a></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></p></div>
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    <entry>
        <title>Japan Film Festival in  Los Angeles</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-65316875</id>
        <published>2009-04-10T09:54:05-07:00</published>
        <updated>2009-04-10T09:54:05-07:00</updated>
        <summary>Savoir Faire Language Institute Foreign language within your reach and in your neighborhood Japan Film Festival Japan Film Festival Los Angeles, JFFLA, is dedicated to delivering contemporary Japanese culture to the community. Through this festival they want to inspire open...</summary>
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            <name>Joelle Petit Adkins</name>
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    <entry>
        <title>Puccini's Madame Butterfly from Casa Italiana </title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-65182343</id>
        <published>2009-04-07T09:18:19-07:00</published>
        <updated>2009-04-07T09:18:19-07:00</updated>
        <summary>Savoir Faire Language Institute Foreign language within your reach and in your neighborhood Dinner and an Opera: Puccini's Madame Butterfly from Casa Italiana Casa Italiana Cultural Center Los Angeles,Ca Sunday, Jun. 14 @ 2:30pm Full Price: $70.00 Our Price: $35.00...</summary>
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            <name>Joelle Petit Adkins</name>
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 and an Opera: Puccini&amp;#39;s &lt;em&gt;Madame Butterfly&lt;/em&gt; from Casa Italiana&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
 Casa Italiana Cultural Center&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Los
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 Sunday, Jun. 14 @ 2:30pm&lt;br /&gt;
 Full Price: $70.00&amp;#0160; &amp;#0160; Our Price: &lt;strong&gt;$35.00&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 Casa Italiana Opera Company presents Puccini&amp;#39;s beloved tragedy, &lt;em&gt;Madame
 Butterfly&lt;/em&gt;, accompanied by a full five-course meal. &lt;em&gt;Madame Butterfly&lt;/em&gt;
 is the heart-wrenching story of a beautiful young geisha who sacrifices her
 family, her religion and, ultimately, her life for her American husband &lt;a href="http://www.goldstar.com/tr/nc/6331/375605/events/los-angeles-ca/madame-butterfly.html?ref=sub375605&amp;amp;mar=news6331"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;img align="top" alt="Learn More" border="0" height="26" id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://images.goldstar.com/i/learn_more.gif" width="31" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Learn More&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        <title>What is happening lately at Moola?</title>
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        <title>Colcoa Film Festival 2009</title>
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        <summary>From Savoir Faire Language Institute Foreign language within your reach and in your neighborhood COL•COA is a unique showcase for French films in North America. COL•COA screenings offer exceptional exposure for French films. More for schedule and more details: http://www.colcoa.org/2009/home/index.asp...</summary>
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        <title>An evening with Author &amp; Mariachi Historian Gil Sperry</title>
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        <summary>From Savoir Faire Language Institute Foreign language within your reach and in your neighborhood Location: Main Library, 2nd Floor Meeting Room, 303 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Redondo Beach, CA 90277 The Redondo Beach Public Library presents an evening with author...</summary>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div style="text-align: center;">From<br /></div><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; line-height: normal;"><h1 style="text-align: center; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://savoirfaire-california.com/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #6a7da7;" target="_blank">Savoir Faire Language Institute</a></h1><h1 style="text-align: center; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><em>Foreign language within your reach and in your <br /></em></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><em><em>neighborhood</em></em></span></h1></span></p><br /><br /><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><span class="calloclabel" size="2" style="font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Sans-Serif;"> Location: </span></td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><span class="calloc" size="2" style="font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Sans-Serif;">Main Library, 2nd Floor Meeting Room, 303 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Redondo Beach, CA 90277</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td style="height: 1px; width: 100%; background-color: black;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><img align="left" alt="" src="http://www.redondo.org/civica/calendar/inc/blobfetch.asp?BlobID=17840" /><font class="caldesc" face="Tahoma,Arial,Sans-Serif" size="2">The Redondo Beach Public Library presents an evening with author and mariachi historian, Gil Sperry. <a href="http://www.redondo.org/cals/library.asp">http://www.redondo.org/cals/library.asp</a><br />
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This delightful hadnbook celebrates Mariachi, providing insight into
the joy and diversity of Mexican culture through its beloved music.<br />
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Light refreshments provided by the Friends of the Redondo Beach Public Library.
<br />(Free Program. No Registration Required.)<br /><a class="pdfLink" href="http://www.mariachiforgringos.com/" target="_blank">Mariachi for Gringos Website - Gil Sperry</a></font></p></div>
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